Found in an artificial lake in the village. At first, when I saw it from far away, I got really scared.

The shape in the water should not have been there.

At first, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. The lake had been calm only moments earlier, perfectly still beneath the gray afternoon sky. Then I noticed it floating near the far edge of the shoreline — a massive dark circle half-submerged in the water. Something about it felt immediately wrong. It was too round, too silent, too unnatural against the movement of the lake. From a distance, its surface looked burned or charred, blackened in strange uneven patches that made it seem almost alive.

I stopped walking without even realizing it.

My heartbeat suddenly sounded louder than the wind brushing through the trees. The longer I stared, the more unsettling the object became. It did not move like ordinary debris. It simply floated there, heavy and watchful, as though it belonged to something hidden beneath the water.